An optomistic conversation between my Children and their Uncle Joseph

THIS IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION BEGINS WITH ARIANA AND LAUREN.. ARIANA IS 7 AND LAUREN IS 6 AND THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THAT Their Uncle Joe had with them, via chat. The kids did all their own typing with no help. They struggled with the word Christmas but, then quickly retrieved their Nativity story book from the shelf and found the word they needed.Uncle Joe has been sick and so you'll notice their refrences to that. Optimism through, THE EYES OF OUR LITTLE ONES............ Our Christian little ones, whom we are very proud of.

Lauren and Ariana- howare you feeling

Joseph- Still sick

Lauren and Ariana- i love you im so sorry

Joseph- it's Ok.. I'll get better..

Lauren and Ariana-we all love you

Joseph- Well I love all of you too.. Ya'll enjoy ya'lls selves babies.. Uncle Paran (nickname for God father) Loves all of you..

Lauren and Ariana- well god will help you feel better real soon.

Joseph- I know my little one... Just pray for me and all of us.. We love you aunt misty and all the kids as well..

Lauren and Ariana- will pray for you

Joseph- Thank you my little ANGEL

Lauren and Ariana- merry christmas

Joseph- Merry Chrismas to you too..

Lauren and Ariana- good night

Joseph- You know that Baby Jesus was being prepared to be born this time 2009 years ago?\

Lauren and Ariana- awesome

Joseph- his mother and Joseph were set out on a Donkey looking for a place to stay to have the baby Jesus.. his mother Mary

Lauren and Ariana- mary really loved him

Joseph- yes she sure did.. He was her Gift From God To The World.. to you and me the same Do you know why we celebrate Christmas??

Lauren and Ariana- no room atthe inn but in his heart was the love for the world god not santa clause

Joseph- God is the reason for all things Baby.. But the Reason that we Celebrate Christmas Is that Jesus Birth Into the world was God's reincarnation of himself in the flesh of one of us.. His power and his might in a baby to be born In Bethlehem.. He is the reason we celebrate Christmas Cause without Christ, there is no CHRISTmas. There would be no love like we know today

Lauren and Ariana- in jesuses heart he loved everyone

Joseph Yes he sure did.. And he still does today too

Lauren and Ariana- in his heart

Joseph- and in his spirit which dwells with in each of us..

Lauren and Ariana- we are his heart right

Joseph- You know the feeling you get when you pray and you feel something but don't know what it is? That's the Spirit of Christ In you letting you know that he hears you.. Yes You are right WE are his heart.

Joseph- I love you girls with all my heart and Love to see that ya'll are growing in Christ so Beautifully.. I pray for you both to Grow into the Already beautiful Girls you are and Continue to Follow Christ No matter what the World Throws in your way. Never give up On Him Cause I promise you He'll Never Give up on you..

Lauren and Ariana- i love you bye daddy has to go to work wat

Joseph ok.. well tell daddy that Uncle Joe Loves him and Prays for him to have a good night and that he hopes he don't have to work to hard

Lauren and Ariana- i have to tell you god will make you feel better to

Joseph I know. He is working on it.. Not in our time but in his time.

Finding Optimism

Finding optimism in difficult situations can be, very difficult. Our little happy home was recently become rather busy with taking care of my step-mother. She was diagnosed with cancer of the lungs that has spread into her lymph nodes, adrenal glands and brain. Her cancer is at a stage four making the prognosis grim.

Optimism has been difficult to find as our normal happy life during the holidays has been tossed about like the S.S. Minnow on a three hour tour. We are learning to go with the flow though and take it one day at a time.

On one of the trips to the cancer center, as I sat in the waiting room watching Andy Griffith, (seems to always be on there), I over heard a lady talking with the nurse.

The nurse tells her that they were going to start doing chemo twice a day for three weeks and she'd have to stay in the waiting room six hours between sessions.

WOW !!! It could always be worse. Once a day doesn't seem so bad now.

Writers Group

Tonight was our monthly writer's group meeting and as usual it was great. There is something very uplifting about getting together with kindred spirits. Even if much of the talk strays far from writing. We laugh until we cry and enjoy lots of great conversation.

I know that everyone doesn't write, but I highly recommend finding or founding some sort of group that aligns with your interests. I believe this type of gathering is sadly a dying one and we are all suffering for it.

As humans, we crave interaction with other humans, it's why villages form and grow to towns and cities and so on. We desire interaction and benefit greatly from it.

The days of old are fading and gone with them are the bowling leagues, softball leagues, and roller skating rinks. All these things were used as social activities to benefit our souls. Sure Facebook is great, but Face to Face can't be replaced.

So try it out. Create a group or find one in your area and enjoy time spent with people who enjoy the same things that you enjoy. Your spirits will be lifted !!